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Taking a ragged breath, I gripped Jagger’s hand and walked slowly toward hted With each one, the dread of what ht not be in there, and the fear of what I sorow

I reached down to grabinto the seat ofon the passenger seat, and when I grabbed it, I turned to look at Graha my view of everyone on the sidewalk Both looked worried, confused, and like they weren’t sure what to do with h to speak, I told the the letter Both listened closely, neither saying anything as they listened to my weak and shaky voice

"I was only in the shop foroutside while I was in there, so I don’t knoent past my car But when I came out, this was tucked under my windshield wiper" I held up the folded piece of paper, and both Jagger and Grahaone when I saw the paper, but they had no idea how bad it was yet

"It could’ve been a coin--" Grahaht Ia joke on me There was no--" I cut off on a sob "No way this could’ve been here I got inside er "But when I found my phone, there was a push notification on my lock screen, and that’s whenthat’s when" I shrugged helplessly, not knowing how to continue

I clicked the lock button on led cry bubbled past e was still there I hadn’t i what had been on hted silence seemed to fill the space of my car for a few er’s face went co back and forth "Who did this?" he asked hi up the vows as he glared at the people still standing on the sidewalk "Huh? Who the fk pulled this shit?"

Graha everyone who had been nearpeople to the point where all they were able to do was shake their heads and back away from him

The phone vibrated in my lap where Graham had dropped it, and I looked down to see a text fro untouched below hers My fingers felt like ice as I slid es I looked at the se that had been sent to o, the ones before that froone I knew this wasn’t hies He’s gone, Grey He’s gone With a steady breath out, I typed back athis to me?

Just before I closed out the app, a bubble popped up indicating Ben was responding--no, not Ben So my breath until it all came out in a hard rush when I saw the response There was a picture of Jagger kissing o Below, the words:

Ben Craft: How could you do this to us? We were supposed to be forever, Grey

"No, no, no, no," I whiger asked in a rush, reaching for ently pulled it froers "It’ll be okay, we’ll find out who didwhat the hell? You sick fk!" he roared out toward the street, and people turned to look at hi to say, coer was turning in circles, his eyes looking suspiciously at everyone Wrapping his ar him back toward the car "Calm down, er yelled at everyone, and yet no one

"Calrunted as he released hiet Grey out of here"

"This piece of paper caer hissed at Graha the vows in his face "You knoouldn’t do this shit to her, now tell ot here Tell er bent into ers, his eyes ild and his voice was harsh "That is not Ben, Grey Whoever it is, is sick and twisted, but it’s not hihly and noddedabout hi at me "I need to hear you say it I need to know you believe it," he whispered, pressing his lips softly to mine "It’s not hier released a ragged breath as heme close to him "You had the vows?" I asked shakily "W-whyould you?"

He h to look aton the He kept them there because he knew you’d look for them at his parents’ house"